Another weekend, another freakin’ fair I end up at.
The Washington state fair is happening and it’s the biggest hillbilly parade I think I’ve ever seen.
I know I’m from Tennessee & I have very little room to discuss this topic, but I can’t keep my mouth shut any longer. We walked in & our friend was like, “We gotta watch the Mutton Busting!” I’ll give you all a couple of seconds to guess what that is before I reveal to you the disturbing answer.
We walk up to this miniature bull riding pit sans all of the bulls. Instead, there is a herd of sheep in the corner. (Is it a herd if it’s sheep? Idk). There is an obnoxious announcer in leather chaps. He blows his horn & out comes an angry sheep with a HUMAN CHILD ON IT’S BACK. The child soon falls off & gets physically trampled by the sheep. The parents of said child are hooping & hollering like their spawn has not just gotten run over by a farm animal. I’m not a mother, but who willingly signs a child up for this? There are literally one million other activities that are safer than Mutton Busting.
I did, however, get some gnarly popcorn shrimp out of a trailer so it was a good day.
Time: 1 hour (prep + cooking) | Serves: 5 stuffed pancakes
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup of whole wheat flour
- 3 tbsp. of cornmeal
- 3 tbsp. of rolled oats
- 2 tbsp. of granulated cane sugar
- 1/2 tsp. of baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. of baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. of salt
- 1.5 cups of skim milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp. of butter + more for cooking
- Peanut butter, for stuffing
- Strawberry jelly, for stuffing
How to:
- Whisk together dry ingredients through salt in a large bowl
- Add milk + egg + butter, whisk
- Heat some butter in a nonstick pan over low-medium heat
- Pour 1/4 cup of batter into the pan, cook for 2-3 minutes or until it starts bubbling
- Flip pancake + cook another 2-3 minutes, remove from pan
- Add another 1/4 cup of batter, cook for 2-3 minutes
- Meanwhile, spread other pancake with plenty of PB&J
- Add to the pancake in the pan + flip, cook for another 2-3 minutes
- Repeat until all of the batter is gone
- Must rub pancakes all over face – do not skip this the warm PB is exfoliating
Idea came from last month’s Cooking Light: http://www.cookinglight.com/food/everyday-menus/make-ahead-breakfast/pbj-stuffed-multigrain-pancakes
That’s a crazy thing to let your child engage in! Some people….
Your PBJ stuffed pancakes look delicious though…and sounds like the popcorn shrimp was a hit…crazy, just crazy 🙂
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Right?! I was appalled. Glad I’m not the only one!
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Love PB&J cookies! This is great for making a new day’s snack.
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Ohhhh pb&j cookies sound nice…. Hope you give these a try!
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Don’t be hatin. I have it on good authority you come from a long line of hillbillies!!
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Stop it – I try to hide my roots on the internet
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Yikes!
That sounds horrendous. Yeah no, fuck that.
This pancake on the other hand is dooooope
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Like, can you imagine strapping lil Jimmy to the back of a sheep & letting him free? NO.
Thanks, boo boo!
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My kids are so getting into mutton busting. I can’t imagine anything funnier! I’m going to introduce the sport to Australia, just so my kids can bust some mutton.
… I’m pretty sure I shouldn’t be allowed to have kids.
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Hahahaha I bet there are YouTube videos if you need to see the real deal 😉 Thanks for reading!
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BAHAHA! … oh and those pancakes look YUM! Funny I was thinking about the same thing, but using buckwheat and nutella 😉
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Go for it! Let me know how they turn out with your twists 🙂
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I really love pancakes, the combination of jam and peanut butter has to be a delicious bomb!
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They were stupid good. I hope you give them a try!
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That sounds horrifying. As a mom of three, there are no other words. (Except that I LOVE the beautiful plate you’ve displayed the pancakes on! And my kids would go for these in a heartbeat.)
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RIGHT?! It was awful. THANK YOU! Plates are from this very fancy store called Target 😉
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… oh I forgot, I’ve nominated you for The Bloggers Recognition Award.
No pressure, but should you choice to accept, you can find the rules on my blog post.
I really enjoy reading your culinary prose, keep it up!
Aloha, Auntie Doni
https://mykitcheninthemiddleofthedesert.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/the-bloggers-recognition-award/
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I so appreciate it!!! 🙂 🙂
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Awesome idea! Love PB&J.
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I love the pancakes, but I love the mutton bustin’ even more. And you can always turn the mutton into chops if he tramples your kid too much…
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